One day...
One day it would happen… Listen to "Early Works"
“He believed in his music because he wrote good songs. And he told me one time that he knew one day it would happen for him,”
In a recent interview for TTHC/TMO, Clay Conner, (above) a long-time friend of Taylor and a fellow musician, remembers the music and times before it happened. He recalled their favorites places--the Auburn Festival, City Stages,The Alabama Theater and The Florabama.
In the interviews we have featured with Taylor’s friends and bandmates, there is a continuing thread--Taylor is Taylor. “He is exactly the same performer as the first time we played together. There's nothing fake about him,” Clay also confirmed. Clay is an outstanding artist in his own right. Read our complete interview: Clay Conner Interview
He made it happen. Taylor's vision to entertain led to Broadway and beyond!
"I remember standing outside in Las Vegas at American Idol [auditions], and kids were coming up to me asking me where my kid was that was auditioning. If that doesn't make you want to walk away, I don't know what does. But I never walked away. I knew I had a vision, and that was to entertain people—and here I am." (broadway.com)
Taylor's vintage soul album, "Early Works" is available for order online at Amazon, Best Buy, & Barnes & Noble.
Taylor Hicks was the first to sign up for Alabama’s Magic Moments, a statewide charity that grants the wishes of chronically ill children. He and some of the state’s biggest celebrities, including fellow Idol, Ruben Studdard, are lending their star power to grant wishes and enlist others to bring some real happiness to children at a time when they have little to smile about. The charity has granted about 3,700 wishes to children in all 67 counties in the state.
Taylor’s new indie partner~~A2M…
“Launched in 2005, Artist To Market Distribution (A2M) is an independent music distributor and artist services company designed to work directly with artists, labels, and content owners to streamline the supply chain, provide flexible service solutions, and deliver new product to the marketplace at a lower cost. Over the past two years A2M has partnered with a diverse group of platinum and multi-platinum artists." More information can be found at one of the coolest websites out there. And Taylor is up front in their “Recent News” Artist2Market
Taylor brings magic moments to the children...
Grease + Taylor on Tour
TICKETS FOR MANY VENUES ARE ON SALE NOW AT ~~
taylorhickshq.com
December 2-7~~Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI
December 9-14~~Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, East Lansing, MI
December 16-21~~Palace Theatre, Columbus OH
December 30-January 4,2009~~Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis MN
January 6-18 Auditorium Theatre~~Chicago IL
January 20-February 1~~Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati OH
February 3-15~~Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore MD
February 24-March 1~~ Music Hall, Tucson AZ
March 3-8~~Civic Theatre, San Diego CA
March 10-22~~Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles CA
March 24-April 19~~Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco CA
April 21-26~~Keller Auditorium, Portland OR
April 28-May 10~~Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa CA
May 12-30~~5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA
